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The latest IPCC report has landed with an almighty thump, giving the world (yet another) terrifying wake-up call about climate change.
In federal parliament, however, the report had a softer landing. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the effort of holding a specific press conference about climate, but there was little sense of urgency. As he noted, “we need more technology”.
Australian National University professor Mark Kenny has been watching the climate debate unfold in Canberra for well over a decade.
Today he writes about the frustration many Australians feel at the government’s refusal to face what’s clear to everyone else: “a galloping climate emergency which portends death, suffering and species loss on a planetary scale”.
And the politics in Australia has only become more difficult in recent months, Kenny says. The return of Barnaby Joyce to the Nationals leadership means self-interest holds sway over science, and Labor’s ambitions in the space have dwindled.
Meanwhile, the prime minister is operating in a “faux battleground”.
“Morrison has achieved a remarkable double by simultaneously reducing 2050 to mere symbol, while also framing it as the only battleground on which the climate contest can be fought.”
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Judith Ireland
Deputy Editor, Politics + Society
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Mark Kenny, Australian National University
The world faces a galloping climate emergency. Yet Australia has carved out a name for itself as a global laggard.
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Trevor Kilpatrick, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Steven Petrou, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Many long COVID sufferers are reporting having ‘brain fog’, where they can’t concentrate as well as they used to.
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Archa Fox, The University of Western Australia; Thomas Preiss, Australian National University
Doses of the Moderna vaccine will be available in Australia from mid-September. So if you’re in an eligible group you could be offered either Pfizer or Moderna. Here’s how they compare.
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John P. de New, The University of Melbourne; Anthony Scott, The University of Melbourne; Kushneel Prakash, The University of Melbourne
14% of Australians aged 18-49 are unwilling to get vaccinated, and almost 15% are unsure.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Threatening that if you lose your business your workers won’t have jobs has been tried in the past by figures such as Alan Bond and Clive Palmer.
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Noor Gillani, The Conversation
The universe has a finite age — 13.8 billion years to be exact. So if it had a beginning, why is it so difficult to say for sure whether it will have an end?
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Science + Technology
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David Tuffley, Griffith University
Switching web service providers and providing almost $40 million from the federal budget means the census 2021 website should be safe from crashing at the crucial time this evening.
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Environment + Energy
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Mark Harvey, The University of Western Australia
To many people, Australia’s spider diversity is a source of fear. To arachnologists, it’s a goldmine, with most Australian spider species still yet to be discovered.
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Education
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Brett Healey, Curtin University
It isn’t a matter of choosing between teaching grammar or teaching students to use their imagination in their writing. In fact, it makes sense to show them how grammar can enhance their creativity.
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Sue Thomson, Australian Council for Educational Research
The evidence clearly shows one-on-one tutoring improves disadvantaged students’ skills. An Australian pilot program has now shown the benefits of online tutoring that supports students in their homes.
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Arts + Culture
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Shannon Sandford, Flinders University
From the blog ‘Mom’s Cancer’ to novellas about lupus to moving Instagram posts, comic artists are humanising illnesses.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has dissociated himself from the views of his maverick backbencher George Christensen, writes Michelle Grattan
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Elise Stephenson, Griffith University; Jack Hayes, Griffith University
Despite the ABS itself saying that collecting data on LGBTIQ+ communities is of ‘national importance’, these questions have been left off the census again — for no good reason.
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Health + Medicine
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Danny Hills, Federation University Australia; Breanne Kunstler, Monash University; Christina Ekegren, Monash University; Nicole Freene, University of Canberra; Tracy Robinson, Charles Sturt University; Virginia Plummer, Federation University Australia
Most nurses spoke of having to contend with family members who assumed patients should rest as much as possible.
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